Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Saponaria > Saponaria officinalisSaponaria officinalis (bouncing bet; bouncing-bett; bouncingbet; bouncingbet soapweed; soapwort; sweet Betty)Synonyms: Bootia saponaria; Bootia vulgaris; Lychnis officinalis; Lychnis saponaria; Sabulina hybrida; Saponaria alluvionalis; Saponaria hybrida; Saponaria nervosa; Saponaria officinalis f. abnormis; Saponaria officinalis f. glaberrima; Saponaria officinalis f. macropetala; Saponaria officinalis f. pleniflora; Saponaria officinalis f. tenuifolia; Saponaria officinalis var. alluvionalis; Saponaria officinalis var. glaberrima; Saponaria officinalis var. hortensis; Saponaria officinalis var. hybrida; Saponaria officinalis var. parvilimbis; Saponaria officinalis var. puberula (homotypic); Saponaria officinarum; Saponaria vulgaris; Silene saponaria (heterotypic) Saponaria officinalis is a common perennial plant from the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). This plant has many common names, including common soapwort, bouncing-bet, crow soap, wild sweet William, and soapweed. There are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. Saponaria officinalis' native range extends throughout Europe, and in Asia to western Siberia. It grows in cool places at low or moderate elevations under hedgerows and along the shoulders of roadways. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site |
III |
1152 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
218515 |
Belarus |
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Ben Wyvis |
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13313 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Bluestone National Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
3517 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve |
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144772 |
Ukraine |
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Central Plains Biosphere Reserve |
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15345 |
United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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East Caithness Cliffs |
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1094 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site |
III |
697 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Galichia Gora Zapovednik |
Ia |
568 |
Lipetsk, Russia |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
V |
435 |
Virginia, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Grand Rapids Audubon Club Maher Sanctuary |
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80 |
Michigan, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Homestead National Monument of America |
V |
850 |
Nebraska, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial |
VI |
175 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
692723 |
Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Lago Puelo National Park |
II |
47607 |
Chubut, Argentina |
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Lands End and Cape Bank |
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74557 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lanín National Park |
II |
536819 |
Neuquen, Argentina |
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Luberon Regional Nature Park |
V |
406572 |
France |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro |
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780 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Olympic Biosphere Reserve |
II |
922805 |
Washington, United States |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park |
II |
33648 |
Italy |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pevensey Levels |
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8860 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve |
IV |
12219 |
Moscow, Russia |
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Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
762028 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Saratoga National Historical Park |
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New York, United States |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Shortgrass Steppe LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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Colorado, United States |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ukrainskii Stepnoi Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik |
Ia |
2920 |
Ukraine |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Western Michigan Universitys Asylum Lake Preserve |
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274 |
Michigan, United States |
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Wind Cave National Park |
II |
29471 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Zhuvintas Zapovednik |
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18223 |
Lithuania |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 9Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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